1. 7-10-2011The impact of ERASMUS on quality in European HE 1 RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS: EU policy level EU policies  Guidelines for how to deal with E nationally  Refocus on intensive language courses  Europe to keep European dimension as a prime objective  Disciplinary related data?  Increase Intensive Programmes  Best practice and case studies

2. 7-10-2011The impact of ERASMUS on quality in European HE 2 RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS: EU policy level EU policies  Objective quantity of mobility or quality of mobility and education?  Promoting ERASMUS should reckon with the fact that many countries integrate it with other mobility initiatives and funds  Improve support for facilitating students and staff  Promote secondary school mobility  Promote good practices (portal)  Enlarge opportunities for students from partner countries and improve guidelines, joint programs  Analyse why ESC and ERASMUS-label is not used in many institutions

3. 7-10-2011The impact of ERASMUS on quality in European HE 3 RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS: EU policy level EU policies  Erasmus too much a social image, mobility interesting for employers but not Erasmus  Companies want longer stays  Recognition better organised in learning agreements and verified that they stick to it  Specify guidelines per type of program and type of mobility  Not shorten duration of stay, leave it to the merit of the mobility an allocate money on merit also  Improve the use of Erasmus labels and make more easy to get

4. 7-10-2011The impact of ERASMUS on quality in European HE 4 National policies  Develop E-distribution along target groups  Organise teamwork on recognition  Mobile student feedback research  Keep EU philosophy going, promote European dimension  Find co-funding  Language provision remains a cornerstone  Make E-distribution on basis of national/institutional needs  Identify national context barriers to mobility  Bologna experts must promote Erasmus (too) RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS: National policy level

5. 7-10-2011The impact of ERASMUS on quality in European HE 5 National policies  What do countries want to get out of mobility for Europe and the national setting (quantity or what type of quality)?  Need to differentiate between Erasmus and other mobility? Can we brand mobility as E if it includes many other mobility funds?  Bologna experts promote mobility, not Erasmus as such  Use Erasmus as a way to improve internationalisation at home  Develop at national level additional schemes to Erasmus  Integrate SES status in distribution of grants  Stimulate secondary school pupils in area of mobility (preparatory lectures/activities) RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS: National policy level

6. 7-10-2011The impact of ERASMUS on quality in European HE 6 Institutional policies  Continuous communication, open days, councelling that reckon with perceptions about mobility, etc  Provide accommodation for international students  Stimulate academic staff  University leadership has to make statements about relaxed recognition culture  Mobile student feedback research  Enhance the industry internships  Co-funding and stimulate European dimension  Promote ERASMUS strongly RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS: Institutional policy level

7. 7-10-2011The impact of ERASMUS on quality in European HE 7 Institutional policies  Consider objectives, measures and potential resources  Integrate mobility window in curricula  Keep joint programs separate from Erasmus mobility RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS: Institutional policy level